Christ Church Valdosta Weekly Bulletin
December 5, 2014
In This Issue:

Worship Services

 

December 7: 
         Advent 2
 

Vestry Member of the Day:

      Sheri Gravett

    

Coffee Hour Host:

      Pat Bezona and Helen Tucker


 Nursery Worker:

     Julie Daughtrey

    

8:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite I

Celebrant - The Rev. Dr. Dave Johnson

Preacher - The Rev. Dr. Dave Johnson

Lay Eucharistic Ministers - Martha Leake

Usher - Max Bontrager

 

10:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Celebrant -The Rev. Dr. Dave Johnson
Preacher - The Rev. Dr. Dave Johnson
Lay Eucharistic Ministers - Eric Nielsen,
   Stefani Carroll, Molly Stevenson
Lay Readers - Gnann Moser, Molly
   Stevenson, Sally Querin
Ushers - Eric Nielsen, Len Carter
Acolytes - Mike Tanner, Carolyn Prine, Brooklyn Prine, Madison Jackson


6 p.m. Vespers - Sanctuary 

 

Scriptures
First Lesson - Isaiah 40:1-11
Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
Second Lesson - 2 Peter 3:8-15a
Gospel - Mark 1:1-8

Every Wednesday
Evening Service
6 p.m.
     
Every Thursday
7 a.m.

 

Upcoming Events

Dec. 6: Lunch Bunch - 11:00 
Dec. 12: Johnson Family will host an
          Open House at Rectory - 5:00 
Dec. 19: Caroling and Desserts - 6:30 
              Molly & Paul Stevenson's Home
Dec. 20: Kid's Christmas Party - 10:00 
Dec. 21: Christmas Pageant - 10:00
               Lessons & Carols - 6:00 
Dec. 22: Decorate Church - 2:00
Dec. 23: H.E.P Party at Sandbach's - 6:30
Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Services 
               5:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
Dec. 25: Christmas Day Service - 10:00
Dec. 25 - 29: Church Office Closed

Clergy and Staff of 
Christ Episcopal Church

 

The Rev. Dr. Dave Johnson

Rector

dave@christchurchvaldosta.org

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Kim Dudley, Parish Administrator

office@christchurchvaldosta.org 

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Amy Creasy, Bookkeeper
books@christchurchvaldosta.org 

bookkeeper's office (229) 242-0616 

 

Stefani Carroll

s.carroll@sunsetfarmfoods.com 

Director of Children's Ministry

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Angela Duncan, Music Director

music@christchurchvaldosta.org  

church office (229) 242-5115

 

Kathy Armstrong, Choirmaster

church office (229) 242-5115

 

 

Office hours: Monday - Friday

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
Birthday Prayers
First Sunday of month
Sunday, December 7, 2014 we invite anyone who has a birthday in the month of December to come forward during worship at the appropriate time of the service to receive a Birthday Prayer.
Adult Sunday School
Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 11:15 a.m.
Adult Sunday School will meet this Sunday 12/7 at 11:15 in the Gabard Building, Multi-purpose room.
Open House at Rectory
Friday, December 12, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. 
The Johnson family would like to invite everyone to an Open House at the Rectory on Friday, December 12, 2014 beginning at 5:00 p.m. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.
2014 End of Year Giving
December 31, 2014

Donations for the 2014 tax year must be dropped off to the church no later than 12/31/2014 or mailed to the church no later than 12/31/2014.  Any donations made after December 31, 2014 will be posted on 2015 giving sheet.
Pledge Cards
If you have not yet made a pledge to Christ Church and would like to do so, please contact Amy Creasy.  

We would like to thank everyone who turned in their pledge cards. To date we have 118 pledges with a total pledge amount of $452,556.
Christmas Concert
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
The Phi Mu Alpha / Christ Church Christmas Concert will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 7:30 p.m in the Sanctuary.  Admission is free. Donations are welcome.  Reception to follow in the Parish Hall.
Caroling and Desserts
Friday, December 19, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.

Caroling and Desserts - December 19, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Molly and Paul Stevenson.  Enjoy the age old tradition of door-to-door caroling and share your favorite dessert. 

 

We will meet at the Stevenson's home at 6:30, head out and do some caroling, then return to the home of the Stevenson and enjoy some desserts. 

 

Please bring a favorite dessert to share.
Kid's Christmas Party
Saturday, December 20, 2014

Kid's Christmas Party - will be held Saturday, December 20, 2014 beginning at 10:00 a.m.

 

The Party is for kids Pre-K through 5th grade.  There will be crafts, games, cookie decorating, science experiments, The Story of Christmas, and lunch.  

 

This year instead of an Epiphany Pageant we will be doing a Christmas Pageant on December 21st during the 10:00 service.

(If your child would like to participate in the Christmas Pageant but can not attend the Christmas Party, please contact Stefani Carroll.) 

 

Volunteers are also needed.  

 

Please contact Stefani Carroll, or the church office to let us know if you can volunteer, or if your child plans to attend. 
Lessons and Carols
Sunday, December 21, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
Christ Church will be holding a lessons and carols service on Sunday, December 21, 2014 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.  Please come and join us.
Decorating Church for Christmas
Monday, December 22, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
We will be decorating the church for Christmas on Monday, December 22, 2014 beginning at 2:00 p.m.  Everyone is invited to help dress the church for Christmas.  The more hands the merrier.  Mark your calendar and plan to attend.
H.E.P. Party at Sandbach's
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.
H.E.P. Party: Adult Friends and Family Welcome - Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 6:30 PM at David and Elise Sandbach's - 2607 Pebblewood Dr. Please mark your calendar and plan to come and enjoy an evening of Christmas Cheer.  Please note this is an Adults Only Party (no children). Bring a hors d'oeuvre.
Stitchers and Friends
On November 9th, Father Dave blessed more than 150 scarves,

we will be distributing the scarves to the children at Hudson Docket and Ora Lee West on Saturday, December 6th. They will be Christmas presents for our children!!!!


We hope that each of you can come to the church at 11:30 on December 6th. We will travel together to distribute the scarves...AND, you can see how wonderful the Lunch Bunch ministry is, as well!  We need bunches of volunteers to help make and distribute lunches on the first and third Saturday of the month.  
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Come join us for the 30th birding/eating celebration of the New Year at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge this January 1, 2015. Meet us there or join up at 8 a.m. in the Christ Church parking lot to form a caravan. We'll see the many ducks, wading birds, and bald eagles that winter at St. Marks.  Bring food to share for a noon picnic.  In mid-afternoon we'll head to Wakulla Springs for a boat tour and hope to see manatees along with the many birds and gators there.  We'll end the day with a seafood dinner at Spring Creek Restaurant.  Come for all or part of the day. Call Phyllis Hiers (244-5942) for more information. The online Vineyard has maps and information.
Community Depot Raffle
Wooten Desk appraised at $16,000
The Community Depot will be raffling off a Wooten Desk (appraised at $16,000) during the holiday season.  Tickets are only $5.00 each.

The drawing will be held on Tuesday, December 23, 2014.  All proceeds will be used for local charity.

Also...... they are still accepting donations of winter clothes to distribute to local families in need and the Homeless in our community.

Please see Ralph Jackson or Phyllis Hiers for more details.
New Scholarship Thank-you Letters
Ten new letters from the school in El Pedregal

We have received ten more thank-you notes for the 35 scholarships we donated for the school in El Pedregal. Christ Church received twenty-five letters in September and the additional ten letters came in November. To view a new Vineyard article highlighting these ten notes and the full collection of all thirty-five letters go to this link.

These thirty-five scholarships represent $12,500. Thanks to all who donated to this cause.

 
The Vineyard
Birthdays this week
December 6 - December 12

7  Dave Johnson

9  Frances Guice, Mark Weston

12 Frank Corker

Baptismal Anniversaries this week
December 6 - December 12
11 Frances Guice
Wedding Anniversaries this week
December 6 - December 12

12 Emory, Jr. & Summer Warrick

 

Please contact the church office to update our records if we missed your Birthday, Baptismal Anniversary, or Wedding Anniversary. 
Remember in your prayers

Thaddeus Agar, Roxann Anderson, Dave Armstrong, Pat Armstrong, Katherine Berkman,Bill Bontrager, Sara Bontrager,Pat Bradley, Carrie Brooks, Judy Carter, Dave Clark, Lydia Coddington, Beverly Cowart, Cheryl Critchfield, Robert Church, Jeff Crawford, Debra Davis, Jeff Davis, Jackie Dennis, Leroy Dorminy, Elizabeth, Ann Embry, Cindy Foster, Gene and Pam Garner, Gil Gjertsen, Beau Gray, Carla Grove, Travis Grove, Karen Gunter, Cheryl Hatcher, Rena Holmes, Charles Hunt, Renee Jackson, Vernell Jackson, Linda Justice, Linda Kerr, Barney Knighton, Jerriann Levy, Brady Lloyd, Bob Matarazzo, Daniel Mayer, Rick McClosky, Mary Louise McRae, John Murphy, Laura Paine, Paul, Ella Mae Rawlings, Ellene Reddick, Anne Reid, Bernice Roberts, Maggie Roberts, Reva Rollins, David Sandbach, Sr., Edi Shepherd, Pat Sims, Daphne Stacks, Danelle Starling, Joe Stubbs, Sylvia Warrick, Emory Warrick, Sr., Carolyn Watson

Kim Dudley, Parish Administrator
229.242.5115

Christ Episcopal Church is part of the 
Diocese of Georgia.
email us at  office@christchurchvaldosta
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